OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved the purchase of CHSH-TV-2 Chase from Shuswap Lakes Television Society by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. The purchase price was $10. Pattison’s CFJC-TV out... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Fresh off its recent regulatory win allowing longer-form programming instead of a straight wheel of news, CTV Newsnet has announced its first full hour show. Countdown: With Mike... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The everyday consumer probably doesn’t understand – or care to understand - what the VOIP decision was all about. They just want better stuff cheaper. In the end,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Having received new applications for radio stations in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta, the CRTC - in accordance with policy - has issued a broad call for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Canadian VOIP provider Babytel sharply criticized the CRTC for leaving Canadian cable companies unregulated in Thursday’s decision. “This is asymmetrical regulation," said Stephen Dorsey, babyTEL president and CEO.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – While the cable industry was fixated on the voice over Internet protocol decision yesterday, the CRTC issued another one at the same time which will affect a number... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – At least it won’t be an election issue this time around. The CRTC today added Italian channel RAI International to the eligible satellite list of services for distribution... Continue Reading
BURNABY, B.C. – The Telecommunications Workers Union doesn’t trust the free market and says that the CRTC’s VOIP decision issued yesterday was wrong-headed. "The Commission dropped the ball with this... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Coalition for Competitive Telecommunications said today it too believes the CRTC’s VOIP decision wrong-headed. "The Coalition argued that users ultimately pay for the entire telecommunications cost structure... Continue Reading
SAINT JOHN – Saying it, too, thinks the CRTC’s decision stinks, eastern Canadian telco (and BCE division) Aliant reaffirmed today its commitment to offer voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony... Continue Reading
